James Beard award-winning chef and restaurateur Daniel Humm, 41, is used to working in front of a flame, but glance down at his running shoes as he's cooling off from the kitchen and lapping Central Park, and you just might see sparks. Need proof? How about a 3:12:10 finish at the 2017 New York City Marathon, or a 2:51:14 personal [...]
There were more than 5,400 triathletes who competed in the 2018 USA Triathlon Age Group National Championships last weekend, but you'd be hard pressed to find one as impressive as the 88-year-old "Iron Nun." Otherwise known as Sister Madonna Buder, the Roman Catholic nun of 65 years from Spokane, Washington ran across the finish line while waving to adoring fans [...]
One of the first things Nick Bassett did after becoming the oldest person to finish the 100-mile Western States footrace? He cracked a beer. The 73-year-old who splits his time between Cheyenne, Wyoming and Anchorage, Alaska completed the legendary ultramarathon that goes from Sqaw Valley to Auburn, California in 29 hours, 9 minutes and 42 seconds without sitting down once [...]
It's common courtesy to make room for a mother who's pushing three kids in a stroller. But, Cynthia Arnold is a mother who leaves you with no other choice. That's because she's a force of nature. The 34-year-old from Polson, Montana broke the world-record for the fastest half-marathon run with a three-child stroller. She ran the 13.1-mile course at the [...]
And the winner of the Tour de France is.......Peter Thompson! Okay, not quite, but the British man did cross the finish line first after covering 2,082 miles through the Alps and Pyrenees mountain ranges. However, he didn't do it on two thin wheels. He did it on foot. Thompson began his 68-day run, that included 45,000 meters of climbing, on [...]
There's going back to school, and then there's running back to it. Bego Lopez has chosen the latter approach. The 50-year-old from DeLand, Florida won't only be taking classes at Daytona State College, but she'll be running cross-country for the school as well, according to the West Volusia Beacon. By lacing up her shoes, Lopez will become one of the [...]
New York Yankees public address announcer Paul Olden has witnessed all kinds of baseball streaks. But, did you know he's in the middle of one all his own? According to Runner's World, the 64-year-old has been running at least one mile a day for more than 600 consecutive days. And, it's a streak he won't be breaking as long as [...]
The Comrades Marathon is known as the "ultimate human race," and Xolani Luvuno took it on with an incredible fighting spirit more akin to a superhuman. The 33-year-old, who is missing his right leg, finished the 56-mile legendary marathon that's held yearly in South Africa on crutches in 15 hours, 50 minutes. The race has a strict 12-hour cutoff time, [...]
Purpose2Play's top stories from June highlight some older athletes, fans and interns in running baseball and golf, respectively. Dive right in: 5. Yankees surprise 87-year-old former firefighter Sal Reale The New York Yankees and Wish of a Lifetime became a force of nature when they partnered for day four of HOPE Week, the Yankees’ annual week-long effort to give back [...]
Jim Walmsley may have had a mountain lion atop his first-place trophy following Saturday's Western States 100, but it was a different type of animal that nearly thwarted his record-breaking performance. Just before setting a new course record by running 100 miles through the mountains of Squaw Valley to Auburn, Calif. in 14 hours, 30 minutes, 4 seconds, he encountered [...]